Still reeling from dam collapse

Broken apart: A shelter damaged by floodwaters lying on the road in a village in Sanamxai, Attapeu province, in this 2018 file photo. — AFP

Bangkok: Thousands are languishing in displacement camps in Laos a year after a dam break unleashed floodwaters and killed dozens of people in the impoverished state, a new report on the anniversary of the disaster said.

For the past decade, Laos has been on a dam-building spree to serve as the “battery of Asia”, but experts have long warned about environmental dangers and the breakneck construction pace.